Cyber Security

“President Barack Obama is set to sign an executive order on Friday aimed at encouraging companies to share more information about cybersecurity threats with the government and each other, a response to attacks like that on Sony Entertainment. The order sets the stage for new private-sector led ‘information sharing and

“A newly published document leaked by Edward Snowden indicates that the NSA feared the same thing and that Iran may already be doing exactly this. The NSA document from April 2013, published today by The Intercept, shows the US intelligence community is worried that Iran has learned from attacks like

“Electricity and Water Ministry said Wednesday that they’re working to restore power and gradually some areas witnessed the return of electricity, noting that the blackout will end completely within the next few hours. The ministry said in a statement that the glitch occurred in Al-Subbiya power station, causing the protection

“The Dutch government says a ‘distributed denial of service’ attack was responsible for taking down several of its websites for hours on Tuesday. In a brief statement, the government said Wednesday that it is investigating who was responsible for the cyberattack.” Source: AP News : Dutch government says hack took

“Hackers claiming to be part of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) apparently hacked into the Twitter account of a military spouse Tuesday, threatening military spouses and their children.” Source: ISIS hacker targets military spouses | TheHill

“In order to stem the wave of cyber threats targeting the U.S. government and private industry each day, the administration is announcing a new intelligence integration center to get the entire nation working together to combat cyber attacks.” Source: New cyber center to coordinate threat intelligence

“The Twitter account for Newsweek was briefly hacked Tuesday morning by a group calling itself the CyberCaliphate, which claims to be affiliated with the Islamic State group.” Source: CyberCaliphate claims Newsweek Twitter hack

“Microsoft has released a patch to close a bug exploited by hackers, who targeted US military and government networks. The flaw was used to compromise Windows PCs that visited sites seeded with other malware created by the group. Popular news site Forbes was one victim unwittingly enrolled into the cyber-espionage

“Corporate cybercrime on an international scale has hit one of Omaha’s biggest and oldest companies. The Scoular Co., an employee-owned commodities trader founded 120 years ago, has been taken for $17.2 million in an international email swindle, according to federal court documents.” Source:Impostors bilk Omaha’s Scoular Co. out of $17.2

“The Obama administration is establishing a new agency to combat the deepening threat from cyberattacks, and its mission will be to fuse intelligence from around the government when a crisis occurs. The agency is modeled after the National Counterterrorism Center, which was launched in the wake of the Sept. 11,